ABSTRACT
Moscow's concern was not limited to the potential emergence of a strong Israeli-Egyptian alliance, but also included what the Soviets termed an anti-Soviet alliance, consisting of the United States, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and "some other states." As for United States-Chinese military relations, Ural'skii pointed to the growing ties between America and China as a threat to India. The problem in which closer Chinese-United States relations figured importantly was the situation in Afghanistan. Chinese opposition to a superpower guarantee of Afghanistan's neturality very likely was motivated by Peking's fear that such a guarantee would require significant concessions to each other by Washington and Moscow, which in turn would arrest the further deterioration of Soviet-American relations. Moscow's concerns were not limited to developments in United States-Chinese relations. According to a Soviet source, Pakistan became Washington's best friend in the Gulf region after the Iranian Revolution.
